About Amnesty International
Until every person can enjoy all of their rights, we will continue our efforts. We will not stop until everyone can live in dignity; until every person’s voice can be heard; until no one is tortured or executed.
Our members are the cornerstone of these efforts. They take up human rights issues through letter-writing, online and offline campaigning, demonstrations, vigils and direct lobbying of those with power and influence.
Locally, nationally and globally, we join together to mobilize public pressure and show international solidarity.
Together, we make a difference.
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“Your little letters and cards are like bombs when they drop into the offices of ministers and government officials. When the cards and letters arrived into our barracks they were like rays of sunshine. We need the sunshine... Please keep up your work for Amnesty International
Sanar Yurdatapan, former prisoner of conscience in Turkey
UNITED AGAINST INJUSTICE
At the heart of Amnesty International is this idea: that we are at our most powerful when we stand together for human rights. We work together in many different ways, so that all our supporters can be involved, wherever they live and whatever their age, background or skills.
Our movement is driven by our members, supporters, our more than 1,800 staff members and hundreds of volunteers around the world.
Together we campaign to:
- defend freedom of expression
- protect women’s rights
- abolish the death penalty
- demand justice for crimes against humanity
- demand corporate accountability where companies have abused people’s rights
Campaigning can change lives – of the survivors of human rights abuses, of the human rights activists, even of the abusers.
Donate now, and you can help us keep up the pressure, changing minds and changing lives.
INDEPENDENT AND DEMOCRATIC
We are democratic and self-governing – every member has a say in deciding what we do and how we do it.
Amnesty International is:
- independent of any government, political ideology, economic interest or religion
- financially autonomous, thanks to the generous support of donations from individual members and supporters
We do not support or oppose any government or political system and neither do we necessarily support or oppose the views of those whose rights we seek to protect.
Find out more:
- view the Amnesty International timeline
- read about the history of Amnesty International
- read the Universal Declaration of Human Rights